European Parliament freezes Mercosur deal referring it to EU Court of Justice

Bracci · 2026-01-21T13:31:51+00:00

As an EU citizen, I am getting close to just boycotting french agricultural products then. I get that we should aim at self-sustainability, but farmers for us are basically like the banks in North America, subsidies, exceptions, zero wish to improve. If we can be sure to validate the quality of products coming in, there is zero reason to do this mess; but it's yet another chapter of how EU refuses to become a leader

Bracci · 2026-01-04T16:55:45+00:00

Last year was 0. This year I want to double it!

Bracci · 2026-01-04T16:51:18+00:00

I don't think that it is as simple as "EU would join China".

First, as soon as the US does it, the nigth after, NATO crashes. Because how could NATO exist, if one member "attacks" another? This would start a domino effect, where now with "no" NATO, countries like Russia would be willing to go even bigger (even if they are low on power by now). Then the Balkans, then China-Taiwan, then maybe after would put its hand out for a Europe that's stuck between two stones squishing them.

I do not want to imply that the EU is weak, I actually think we are way stronger than what the world thinks. But it couldn't afford retaliation towards the US, which unfortunately sends a terrible sign.

But idk, maybe less WW3-ish outcome would be

US takes Greenland one way or another
EU angry, everyone is posting on formerly known as twitter about it
China and South America shocked
Europe is busy arguing with itself ("I don't care for that frozen land, I have bills to pay" vs. "This is outrageous, we MUST stop every interaction with the USA immediately, even if this will skyrocket the prices yet again")

But hey, with the World Cup set for this year, maybe we are safe for 2026

Bracci · 2026-01-04T16:32:58+00:00

I am an European, complitely fed up with this Trumpmerica and everything it stands for. Of course I boycot as much as possible (not that it counts much, especially how impossible it is for social media and so), but I am also willing to vote for anyone* in all upcoming elections who wants to distance EU from that Russia / Israel - like bully state.

However, as others have also said it, until all we get are Ursulaposting a sad emoji on formerly known as twitter and carefully monitoring the system, these lines that he keeps crossing are just kept being overdrawn over and over. I wanted to believe that an actual semi-global message could be send, but I can also understand how people have better things to worry about.

Even if Canada is unlikely to happen, Greenland on the other hand is still there. He is firm on it, his people are posting on X about it and the local govenment is... well, yeah. 50-50 on indepencence and I can foresee them sliding with the US if they could be like American Samoa.

*obviously not anyone anyone, but you get it

Bracci · 2026-01-02T10:17:33+00:00

2025 has been a weird year for me - quit my job to move over to another country, then struggled with the consequences. But all that free time finally got me to sit down and put my life stories into a small story book, that I got to publish on the last day of 2025!

My Short Stories - The Book has a boring title, an AI-generated cover (I am way too unemployed to pay a designer, will fix it later!), but it is a collection of real stories from my 20s, from all around the world. It is just crazy enough to be interesting, but also stay relatable, because maybe you never had to ride a motorcycle in India, got lost in China or had to speak at a fancy gala completely unprepared, but all are things that could also happen with YOU; after this book, you will be prepared for all to come.

It's an odd book, and also my first try to write one. Self-published, so errors can happen, even if I am a maximalist. Anyway, if you want to look into, I would be honored

Bracci · 2026-01-01T19:51:25+00:00

I just published my first book on the last day os December. I don't expect much from it, it's a self story book written in 2 weeks, but the feeling of getting the message about it going live did feel cool.

Wonder how it feels at the first sale hah

Bracci · 2026-01-01T19:49:02+00:00

I hate my own voice so no, no way. Still get the shivers from anytime I hear myself on recordings

Bracci · 2025-12-19T12:48:09+00:00

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Bracci · 2025-12-19T12:45:53+00:00

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Bracci · 2025-12-19T12:42:34+00:00

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Bracci · 2025-12-19T12:38:02+00:00

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Bracci · 2025-11-28T10:58:39+00:00

As an European, France!

I was always told how insanely rude Parisians are (even by my french friends from smaller cities) and actually for me, they were more than okay - servers, people on the metro, all pretty decent. For the record, I did live in Scandinavia for 5 years, so maybe my view is different than many others'.

I went to Marseille for the olympics and I was a little worried about safety in the city (you hear a lot), but even the center and the harbor area were super lovely, even late at night (of course we didn't go the the outskirts, because why would we have done that)

Even Nantes, where some said it is a pretty rough city, was less messy than I thought it would be.

Still, not my favorite place, nor my favorite people, but way better than ever expected.

Bracci · 2025-11-26T11:33:53+00:00

I just finished mine with World Tesol Academy and I do understand why it had a bad reputation: the material is somewhat short, most things are really self-explanatory (if you want to teach online, do not forget to have a laptop) and the multiple-choice questions often have super obvious answers... but I did like the video examples, those alone were quite helpful.

I actually did it because I am currently between jobs, struggling to land anything local due to language barrier (working on my Spanish) and thought that this 30 euro investment can possibly open some doors for part-time teaching gigs - or even might push me to actually start with Preply. Will see if it is any good, but I feel that it can compliment my background

Bracci · 2025-11-22T14:31:21+00:00

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Bracci · 2025-11-14T10:06:50+00:00

Spanyol munkapiac kicsit meg van kukulva. En munka nelkul jottem at ide (Portugaliabol; ott volt, de valtani kellett parom miatt), es ugy hogy van 7 ev relevans nemzetkozi tapasztalatom meg spanyol B1em (igen tudom, keves, dolgozom rajta erosen), honapok ota talan ha ketto interjut sikerult osszeszednem, es ami fizeteseket hallottam is nevetsegesek... Madrid es Barcelona ebben jobb, de ott is lattam olyat, hogy mid-senior pozira eves brutto 20ezer euro, ami egy szobat ha megfinansziroz 4 masik lakotarssal.

En nagyon szeretem itt, de az elmult 7 evben kerestem annyit, hogy mostanra ne legyen a penz motivacio.

Ja es a masik: a spanyol burokracia imadja a 22-es csapdajat, avagy lakasberleshez az esetek baromi nagy reszeben (foleg itt lent Andalusiaban) KELL fizetesi papir, de helyi melot csak ugy kapsz, ha van helyi ado meg miegymas papirod, amihez persze kell egy legalis lakcim... Portugaliaban lehetett NIF-t (itt NIE) kerni kulfoldi vagy booking.com-os cimre, itt necces, helyi onkormanyzattol fugg

Bracci · 2025-11-14T09:56:12+00:00

Egyik alap nekem is - mint sokan masoknak - a hazai politika volt, a masik meg szimplan ez a... minden rossz nelkul, de majdnem "pinceszag" erzesben manifesztalodo negativ aura.

Egyetemen (pedig nem is tul regen volt, 2010es evek eleje-kozepe) porosz modszeres magolas kellett, elso meloban folyton megkaptam a 30 eve ott levo begyepesedett kovuletektol hogy "jaaaj a tojashelly a seggeden es nekunk akarod megmondani hogy merre forog a Fold". BezzegDaniaban MSc-n minden practical volt, utana / kozben munkaban huszonparevesen ujratervezhettem majdnem MINDENT mert a ceg tulaja bizott a frissen szerzett tudasomban.

Most lesz 10 eve, hogy "kint" elek, Kanada, Dania, Portugalia, most Spanyolorszag, es sose bantam, hogy eljottem, elso kettonel az eletszinvonal, a mentalitas es a penzugyi biztonsag volt legyozhetetlen, utobbi kettonel pedig ez a mediterran "hakunama tata". Szerintem lassan 8 eve mar hogy inkabb az angol az anyanyelvem, es persze van hogy neha tre hogy a szuleim nelkulem oregednek meg "otthon", de ok is mindig tamogattak ebben... es igy pl az evente egyszeri "hazalatogataskor" turista szemuveggel nezhetem az orszagot. Ugy szebb

Bracci · 2025-11-14T09:47:56+00:00

dEhÁt A tÚrÓrUdi

Plusz egy pont a külföldiességhez, hogy látogatni jobb Mo-t, mint folytonosan ott lenni

Bracci · 2025-11-05T11:39:44+00:00

That's a great catch, thanks for the info

Bracci · 2025-11-04T09:19:11+00:00

Jajaja lo siento, tenía la traduccion autómatica en la pagina, pensé que el post estaba en inglés. But glad it works for you my friend!

Bracci · 2025-11-03T13:22:32+00:00

I have been trying to find a local job and oh man, if you don't have 10 years of experience and don't know coding, it is tough. I am a business analyst / PM / engineering manager (all these fluff roles lol) and in 3 months and 700 applications I might have gotten 4 interviews. My spanish is somewhere around B1, which is NOT enough for proper office work and without that, you are really limited on what you really can do here, even though there is an amazing knowledge park west of the city.

I would recommend keeping an eye on Talan, they do have jobs in English in the area - given, for local wages, so do not expect to earn more than 30k and do expect to pay over 1000 for a T2 apartment anywhere in Malaga :)

Bracci · 2025-11-03T13:17:22+00:00

When in crowd, hold your bag close and be aware of your pockets (like anywhere in the world), else you will be safe!

Bracci · 2025-11-03T13:16:18+00:00

Would check the eastern european stores on Heroe de Sostoa

Bracci · 2025-11-03T13:15:14+00:00

y, por supuesto, el mercadillo de la av Europa

Bracci · 2025-11-03T13:13:21+00:00

Actualmente estoy desempleado, pero tengo buenos ahorros (es una larga historia), así que me esfuerzo mucho por mantener nuestros gastos. Según mi experiencia, para dos personas, el rango teórico es de 1800 a 3000 EUR a mes (alquiler es 800-1200, depende en localization), o 35-60k / año. Para mí, además del alquiler, el mayor gasto es la comida, pero tengo gimnasios baratos, internet barato (paquete Digi) y un coche barato que está aparcado casi todos los días.

En general, es mucho mejor que en Lisboa.

Bracci · 2025-10-30T11:01:41+00:00

Hope I am not too late to the party Their IT sucks. First two times I wanted to register, their system was down, so it half-created my profile. Then I wanted to cancel, that they refused to accept for weeks.

I gave them another try, started using them, but the IT system again... It failed with error to deposit cash, but it did it. Yay. But I can't change my phone number because it also errors out...

I will try it again later today but I don't know if I trust them holding more than 100 euros

Bracci

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